Excel at Graduate Interviews: How to Make the Best Impression with Recruiters

by Bruce Woodcock

Overview

This practical guide is packed with targeted guidance on navigating each aspect of the interview process, from planning for an interview to creating a strong first impression, so that students can approach interviews with confidence. It shows students how to identify their skills and how best to communicate these to employers through hands-on activities which encourage students to practise crafting answers to common questions and create strategies for dealing with difficult ones. It also features a chapter dedicated to telephone, video and Skype interviews, complete with sample questions and preparation checklists. Insights from recruiters and real-life experiences of other candidates demonstrate the dos and don'ts at different stages of the process.

This book is ideal for use on personal development and career planning modules, and also for use by students or graduates as a standalone career planning resource.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137535849
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/06/2016
Series:	Career Skills , #4
Edition description:	1st ed. 2016
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.37(d)

About the Author

Bruce Woodcock is a university careers adviser with 30 years' experience helping both students and graduates. Over the course of his career he has developed ground-breaking careers materials including one of the most widely used graduate careers websites in the UK, which receives over 6 million visitors a year. He is currently a Careers Adviser at the University of Kent, UK.
Bruce Woodcock is a university careers adviser with 30 years' experience helping both students and graduates. Over the course of his career he has developed ground-breaking careers materials including one of the most widely used graduate careers websites in the UK, which receives over 6 million visitors a year. He is currently a Careers Adviser at the University of Kent, UK.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Preparing for the Interview
3. First Impressions
4. Types of Interview Question
5. How to STAR at Competency Questions
6. Types of Interview
7. Interviews for Different Roles
8. Telephone, Skype and Video Interviews
9. The End of the Interview and Afterwards
10. Try a Practice Interview.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This book is a must-have for all who are entering today's graduate job market as well as the professionals who offer them information, advice and guidance. It is refreshingly down to earth and practical.' - Laurie Simpson, Independent Careers Consultant, UK